Ernest Borgnine and Theodore Bikel star. Ronald Reagan is the host.
"The Bar Mitzvah of Major Orlovsky," 1962. In this installment of "General Electric Theater," Orlovsky, a Russian defector, falls in love with Miriam Raskin, the widowed daughter of a rabbi. Although Orlovsky fell away from religion as a child-fleeing home, serving in the Russian army-he re-connects to his tradition through Miriam, who is preparing to celebrate her son's bar mitzvah. Orlovsky returns to Judaism and decides to become a Bar Mitzvah.
September 19th,1970-September 3rd,1977
Successful CBS sitcom starring Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards. Mary landed a job as associate producer of the evening news at a Minneapolis television station. Veteran character actor Edward Asner who mostly played the heavy in TV guest starring appearances, portrayed her crusty boss Lou Grant. Other regulars included Gavin McLeod, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel, Valerie Harper,
Rhoda Morgenstern, and Cloris Leachman.
Mary and Rhoda vacation in Mexico.
September 19th,1970-September 3rd,1977
Successful CBS sitcom starring Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards. Mary landed a job as associate producer of the evening news at a Minneapolis television station. Veteran character actor Edward Asner who mostly played the heavy in TV guest starring appearances, portrayed her crusty boss Lou Grant. Other regulars included Gavin McLeod, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel, Valerie Harper,
Rhoda Morgenstern, and Cloris Leachman.
Mary attends a high school reunion.
September 19th,1970-September 3rd,1977
Successful CBS sitcom starring Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards. Mary landed a job as associate producer of the evening news at a Minneapolis television station. Veteran character actor Edward Asner who mostly played the heavy in TV guest starring appearances, portrayed her crusty boss Lou Grant. Other regulars included Gavin McLeod, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel, Valerie Harper,
Rhoda Morgenstern, and Cloris Leachman.
Mary discusses the birds and the bees with a young girl.
September 19th,1970-September 3rd,1977
Successful CBS sitcom starring Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards. Mary landed a job as associate producer of the evening news at a Minneapolis television station. Veteran character actor Edward Asner who mostly played the heavy in TV guest starring appearances, portrayed her crusty boss Lou Grant. Other regulars included Gavin McLeod, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel, Valerie Harper,
Rhoda Morgenstern, and Cloris Leachman.
The 44th annual Academy Award presentations from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
Hosts are Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jack Lemmon. Betty Grable, battling cancer, makes one of her last public appearances and Charlie Chaplin receives an honorary award for the incalculable effects he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century. Chaplin receives a twelve minute standing ovation.
The 44th annual Academy Award presentations from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
Hosts are Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jack Lemmon. Betty Grable, battling cancer, makes one of her last public appearances and Charlie Chaplin receives an honorary award for the incalculable effects he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century. Chaplin receives a twelve minute standing ovation.
Duplicate of #7504.
June 7, 1972-July 5, 1972. A five-week summer replacement for "The Carol Burnett Show," co-hosted by Melba Moore and Clifton Davis. Also appearing were Timmie Rogers, Ron Carey, Dick Libertini, and Liz Torres.
September 19th,1970-September 3rd,1977
Successful CBS sitcom starring Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards. Mary landed a job as associate producer of the evening news at a Minneapolis television station. Veteran character actor Edward Asner who mostly played the heavy in TV guest starring appearances, portrayed her crusty boss Lou Grant. Other regulars included Gavin McLeod, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel, Valerie Harper,
Rhoda Morgenstern, and Cloris Leachman.
September 19th,1970-September 3rd,1977
Successful CBS sitcom starring Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards. Mary landed a job as associate producer of the evening news at a Minneapolis television station. Veteran character actor Edward Asner who mostly played the heavy in TV guest starring appearances, portrayed her crusty boss Lou Grant. Other regulars included Gavin McLeod, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel, Valerie Harper,
Rhoda Morgenstern, and Cloris Leachman.
September 19th,1970-September 3rd,1977
Successful CBS sitcom starring Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards. Mary landed a job as associate producer of the evening news at a Minneapolis television station. Veteran character actor Edward Asner who mostly played the heavy in TV guest starring appearances, portrayed her crusty boss Lou Grant. Other regulars included Gavin McLeod, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel, Valerie Harper,
Rhoda Morgenstern, and Cloris Leachman.
A television adaptation of George Gershwin's 1931 Pulitzer prize winning satirical Broadway musical about a Presidential candidate running on a platform of universal love. The close of this broadcast is only partially complete.
Special: George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer Prize winner is still a delight.
Carroll O'Connor and Cloris Leachman head the cast in this musical about a Presidential candidate no one can resist: his platform's based on silver linings and love.
The 45th annual Academy Awards presentation from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. Marlon Brando refused to accept his best actor award for his performance in The Godfather. Charlie Chaplin received an award for the best original score for his 20 year old film, Limelight.
Hosted by Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Rock Hudson, and Charlton Heston.
The 45th annual Academy Awards presentation from the Dorothy Chandler Pavillon in Los Angeles, California. Marlo Brando refused to accept his best actor award for his performance in The Godfather. Charlie Chaplin received an award for the best original score for his 20 year old film, Limelight.
Hosted by Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Rock Hudson, and Charleton Heston.
Duplicate of # 7505.
October 1, 1962-May 22, 1992. Johnny Carson, host of NBC's network late-night "Tonight Show" reigned for 30 unprecedented years...five times the combined tenure of Steve Allen, and Jack Paar. Carson was impervious to competition, including efforts to dethrone him by Les Crane, Joey Bishop, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Arsenio Hall. Sadly, very few complete "Tonight Show" broadcasts survive during Johnny Carson's first ten years of broadcasting. Around 1965, through the early 1970's, oldest tapes were first erased systematically by orders from myopic NBC executives, to be recycled for purposes of saving money. Ironically, in many cases, these older master tapes were too brittle, and portended probable drop-outs for re-use after being erased. Subsequently blank after being erased, these older questionable master 2" Quad tapes were either sparingly used or never used again for recording new programming and eventually were discarded. Saving thousands of dollars at the time (wiping master tapes for potential re-use) resulted in losing millions of dollars by NBC in today's marketplace, and more importantly wiping thousands of historic TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, which contain precious personal anecdotes from political, show business, and sports icons of the past.
WOMAN OF THE YEAR 1973 is a Special CBS one hour prime time broadcast that seems lost to history. It is not even notated on IMDb or anywhere to be found on the internet.
Awards are given for American women, the "doers, achievers, and shapers of society."
Rosalind Russell is host for the ceremonies, sponsored by the Ladies' Home Journal. Lenore Hershey is introduced.
Eight woman are presented with gold pendants during the hour, which is telecast live from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. Introductions and short biographies follow.
Margaret Chase Smith introduces Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-N.Y.):public affairs.
Marlo Thomas introduces Helen Hayes: arts and humanities.
Barbara Walters introduces Katharine Graham: president of the Washington Post Company: business and economy.
Lynda Johnson Robb introduces Poet Nikki Giovanni: youth leadership.
Kathryn Crosby introduces Dr. Virginia Apgar: for work against birth defects.
Cicely Tyson introduces Ladonna Harris:
for civil rights activities on behalf of American Indians.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver introduces Mary Lasker: for encouraging medical research and national beautification.
Mamie Eisenhower introduces Ellen Straus: creator of WMCA radio "call for action" hot line in which listeners talk about community problems.
Comedy related to women's liberation and accomplishment are interspersed during the broadcast.
Cloris Leachman and Tony Randall in a "Woman for President" skit,
Sandy Duncan and Jack Klugman in a "First American Woman to go into Outer Space skit, and Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna in an "I am a Person" skit.
Helen Reddy sings "I Am Woman."
At the conclusion the entire ensemble sing Katharine Lee Bates' "America, America."
Complete broadcast with Clairol commercials.
October 1, 1962-May 22, 1992. Johnny Carson, host of NBC's network late-night "Tonight Show" reigned for 30 unprecedented years...five times the combined tenure of Steve Allen, and Jack Paar. Carson was impervious to competition, including efforts to dethrone him by Les Crane, Joey Bishop, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Arsenio Hall. Sadly, very few complete "Tonight Show" broadcasts survive during Johnny Carson's first ten years of broadcasting. Around 1965, through the early 1970's, oldest tapes were first erased systematically by orders from myopic NBC executives, to be recycled for purposes of saving money. Ironically, in many cases, these older master tapes were too brittle, and portended probable drop-outs for re-use after being erased. Subsequently blank after being erased, these older questionable master 2" Quad tapes were either sparingly used or never used again for recording new programming and eventually were discarded. Saving thousands of dollars at the time (wiping master tapes for potential re-use) resulted in losing millions of dollars by NBC in today's marketplace, and more importantly wiping thousands of historic TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, which contain precious personal anecdotes from political, show business, and sports icons of the past.
Guests: Fernando Lamas, Ike and Tina Turner, Monti Rock 111, Cloris Leachman.
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Other content, as listed, will have to be monitored and confirmed upon your order request.
At the 28th Tony Awards Charles Nelson Reilly recaps his career in a stand-up comedy segment.
The 28th Annual Tony Awards is telecast from the Shubert Theater in New York City. The theme of this year's broadcast is "Homecoming" where stars of film and television returned to Broadway to help present the awards or perform. Peter Falk, Florence Henderson, Robert Preston and Cicely Tyson are hosts.
Duplicate of # 1138 with additional information.
January 13, 1975-May 26, 1975. After the Smothers Brothers had series on CBS and ABC, they entered the arena again on NBC in this short-lived noncontroversial variety show.
February 16, 1975-January 4, 1976. Cher returned to host this musical variety series with a special preview broadcast on February 12. Also featured on the "Cher" show was Gailard Sartain.
October 1, 1962-May 22, 1992. Johnny Carson, host of NBC's network late-night "Tonight Show" reigned for 30 unprecedented years...five times the combined tenure of Steve Allen, and Jack Paar. Carson was impervious to competition, including efforts to dethrone him by Les Crane, Joey Bishop, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Arsenio Hall. Sadly, very few complete "Tonight Show" broadcasts survive during Johnny Carson's first ten years of broadcasting. Around 1965, through the early 1970's, oldest tapes were first erased systematically by orders from myopic NBC executives, to be recycled for purposes of saving money. Ironically, in many cases, these older master tapes were too brittle, and portended probable drop-outs for re-use after being erased. Subsequently blank after being erased, these older questionable master 2" Quad tapes were either sparingly used or never used again for recording new programming and eventually were discarded. Saving thousands of dollars at the time (wiping master tapes for potential re-use) resulted in losing millions of dollars by NBC in today's marketplace, and more importantly wiping thousands of historic TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, which contain precious personal anecdotes from political, show business, and sports icons of the past.
October 21st, 1974- 1980.
Ninety-minute talk show in most markets hosted by Dinah Shore. The show was seen during the daytime in most cities. In 1979 the show was retitled "Dinah and Friends" and had a co-host.
An ABC TV comedy and musical Special with star and host Paul Lynde. Guest players include Cloris Leachman, Tony Randall, LeVar Burton and K.C. And The Sunshine Band.
The accent is on comedy in this Paul Lynde television Special Broadcast.
K.C. and the Sunshine Band perform, "I'm Your Boogie Man," and "That's the Way I Like It."
Paul plays a loser in love whose fiancee (Cloris Leachman) is marrying his best friend (Tony Randall).
Cloris and Tony portray song-and-dance auditioners in an elevator with passenger Paul Lynde.
Levar Burton appears as a patient of a hip Hollywood dentist played by Paul.
Cloris, Tony and Paul do takeoffs on British mysteries and an underwear commercial.
1976-1981 (Syndicated). The Muppets, created by Jim Henson and company, starred in their own half-hour comedy-variety show. Each week a guest celebrity appeared. The most popular first-run syndicated series in TV history.
1976-1981 (Syndicated). The Muppets, created by Jim Henson and company, starred in their own half-hour comedy-variety show. Each week a guest celebrity appeared. The most popular first-run syndicated series in TV history.
The 52nd annual Academy Awards ceremony from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.
Host: Johnny Carson.
Announcer: Hank Simms
Kramer vs. Kramer won for best picture
Dustin Hoffman: Best Actor
Sally Field: Best Actress
Melvyn Douglas: Best Supporting Actor
Meryl Streep: Best Supporting Actress
Duplicate of #18446.
The 52nd annual Academy Awards ceremony from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.
Host: Johnny Carson.
Announcer: Hank Simms
Kramer vs. Kramer won for best picture
Dustin Hoffman: Best Actor
Sally Field: Best Actress
Melvyn Douglas: Best Supporting Actor
Meryl Streep: Best Supporting Actress
October 1, 1962-May 22, 1992. Johnny Carson, host of NBC's network late-night "Tonight Show" reigned for 30 unprecedented years...five times the combined tenure of Steve Allen, and Jack Paar. Carson was impervious to competition, including efforts to dethrone him by Les Crane, Joey Bishop, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Arsenio Hall. Sadly, very few complete "Tonight Show" broadcasts survive during Johnny Carson's first ten years of broadcasting. Around 1965, through the early 1970's, oldest tapes were first erased systematically by orders from myopic NBC executives, to be recycled for purposes of saving money. Ironically, in many cases, these older master tapes were too brittle, and portended probable drop-outs for re-use after being erased. Subsequently blank after being erased, these older questionable master 2" Quad tapes were either sparingly used or never used again for recording new programming and eventually were discarded. Saving thousands of dollars at the time (wiping master tapes for potential re-use) resulted in losing millions of dollars by NBC in today's marketplace, and more importantly wiping thousands of historic TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, which contain precious personal anecdotes from political, show business, and sports icons of the past.
Guests: Cloris Leachman, Gay Talese, Argus Hamilton, Barbara Mandrell.
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Other content, as listed, will have to be monitored and confirmed upon your order request.
1976-1981 (Syndicated). The Muppets, created by Jim Henson and company, starred in their own half-hour comedy-variety show. Each week a guest celebrity appeared. The most popular first-run syndicated series in TV history.
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